Despite the alarming increase in the prevalence of depression during adolescence, particularly among female adolescents, the pathophysiology of depression in adolescents remains largely unknown. Event-related potentials (ERPs) provide an ideal approach to investigate cognitive-affective processes associated with depression in adolescents, especially in the context of negative self-referential p...

The purpose of this study was to determine whether differences exist in eating attitudes, self-esteem, social trait anxiety and social physique anxiety of self-reported vegetarian and nonvegetarian Turkish adolescents. The sample for the Turkish University' students is designed to provide the estimates of vegetarian indicators and prevalence. The participants were 608 females and 597 males, in ...

objective: to study knowledge about reproductive health among female adolescents and to assess their treatment seeking behavior regarding reproductive health problems in an urban slum of mumbai. materials and methods: cross sectional descriptive study was undertaken in an urban slum area of mumbai for period of 3 months. all adolescent girls from 10 - 19 years of age, who had attained menarche,...

AIMS To elicit data on alcohol intoxications requiring in-patient treatment in children and adolescents in Germany between 2000 and 2002. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS An ex-post analysis was performed to assess the number of children and adolescents (age 10-17 years) with acute alcohol intoxications requiring in-patient hospital treatment (> or =24 hours). SETTING 22 major children hospitals in ...

The aim of this study was to determine if cephalometric measurement differences occurred between two groups of similarly aged female adolescents which differed with respect to their diagnoses of temporomandibular joint disc position on magnetic resonance images (MRI). One group consisted of 17 female adolescents exhibiting complete bilateral disc displacement affecting the temporomandibular joi...

OBJECTIVE Distributions of serum concentrations of insulin among adolescents and young adults are poorly understood in the U.S. The objective of this study was to describe the distribution of serum insulin across demographic characteristics of U.S. adolescents and young adults. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 1,791 male and female subjects aged 12-19 years who participated in the Natio...

PURPOSE To examine the relationship between female adolescent self-esteem, decision making, and contraceptive behavior in multiethnic, 14- to 17-year-olds, residing on the Big Island of Hawaii. DATA SOURCES This was a descriptive cross-sectional survey design using a convenience sample of 98 female adolescents aged 14-17 who came to five different clinics on the Big Island of Hawaii for healt...

Objective: In this study, it was aimed to make a cultural adaptation of the Child Health and Illness Profile- Adolescents (CHIP-AE) measurement tool for adolescents, which developed by Starfield in 1993, analyze whether Turkish version is reliable, valid applicable. Material Methods: The sample study consisted adolescents aged between 12 17, receiving inpatient treatment Children’s Diseases Cli...

In our country, the public health significance of iodine deficiency (ID) has been reported from Himalayan regions [1,2]; sub Himalayan flat lands (Tarai) [3]; deltas [4]; plains [5-7]; and even coastal regions [8]. Iodine Deficiency Disorder (IDD) survey was conducted by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in 324 out of 582 districts of country. Out of 324 districts, 263 were found to be ...